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3 minutes ago, IDA-RE-things said:
does it happens also with Supermium with my DLL
Also happens with Supermium on this box (980x/gtx770), just checked.
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1 hour ago, IDA-RE-things said:
Try to reporduce it without D3D9 HW acceleration enabled. (without that switches)
Same thing happens with your progwrp.dll, without the switches (in software mode. Original win32 (version 1.1.somethingorother) works.
Will rename/verify & update this post in a couple of minutes.Edit: original version (1.1.0.5012) works.
P.S. sorry if this makes no sense (without the switches, GTX770 should be out of the equation), but that's what I'm getting. Double-checked several times.
P.P.S: Passes MotionMark, about 50% faster with HW acceleration enabled. Is D3DCompiler_XP.dll used when running without the switches? Does it play a part in SW decoding?
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7 minutes ago, Dixel said:
It doesn't happen with AV1, so it's a pure bug.
I meant progwrp.dll might be like a Hardware-accelerated video decode flag -- all or nothing, without granular access, making it impossible to disable HW acceleration in special cases. Again, above my pay grade.
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10 minutes ago, IDA-RE-things said:
We have no any Video decode acceleration handling in progwrp.dll
Not sure if i understand you correctly, are you saying it's difficult/impossible to make progwrp.dll disable HW acceleration in special cases, e.g. "if AV1, decode in software"? (not a coder, sorry if the question makes no sense)
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32 minutes ago, Dixel said:
rename AV1 to .mp4
AV1 is a codec, mp4 is a container (you can stick anything in an mp4). When i download AV1 video, it's saved in mp4 container by default (as videoname.mp4). Dragging it into the browser does the expected -- the video freezes after a few seconds.
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2 minutes ago, IDA-RE-things said:
D3D9 HW acceleration-mode
Yes, 32-bit XP, slavishly following the read.me instructions.
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20 minutes ago, IDA-RE-things said:
it appears also with original progwrp ?
Hi, no, the original progwrp.dll doesn't have this problem (for me). Forgot to check which process was eating those two threads, Been running the browser with your progwrp.dll (version 1, 2, 0, 5061) for a few hours now, and this hasn't happened again (so hard to replicate). If it does happen, i'll note the process & make a bug report on github. OTOH, reproducing the issue with GTX770 & AV1 is simple -- after a few seconds, the video ( AV1) portion of YouTube stream freezes, with audio freezing a few seconds later ("wait" spinner on the screen). Reloading the page plays the video for a few seconds before the problem recurs. Thanks for making this, BTW.
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39 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
So vanilla is fine?
Yes, at least i've never noticed anything. Even IDA-RE-things' progwrp.dll behaves itself most of the time (running it now), first time i've seen it dime out like that.
z87 with 4770k & 980ti, 32-bit XP
5 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:provided progwrp.dll does not support hardware acceleration on my hardware.
Don't think it supports HW acceleration on any HW. Can you actually feel the browser running smoother with HW acceleration enabled? (not sure I can, MotionMark tells me there's a big difference)
8 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:although GPU rasterization can be enabled, it doesn't work as it should.
What happens when you try running https://browserbench.org/MotionMark1.3/ ?
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17 hours ago, Dixel said:
[IDA-RE-things' progwrp.dll] spikes to the max all the time
Just woke up to this:
Just to be clear, this is Thorium with IDA-RE-things' progwrp.dll, not vanilla Thorium. Still, cool in a dancing bear sort of way.
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2 hours ago, Dixel said:
355.xx
Using 355.98 across the board. BTW, it's just AV1 decoding that freezes, VP9 works fine.
Good chance i just haven't run across any AV1 vids with 9xx cards, will test again & update this post.Edit: Everything works with 9xxx.
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2 hours ago, UCyborg said:
I might still try out the upcoming Supermium build on XP to see how it'll be able to use the GPU
Will the next build support HW acceleration? If you're talking about IDA-RE-things' progwrp.dll, it depends on the GPU (since it's running with --ignore-gpu-blocklist). Works well with Titan X & 980ti, glitchy to the point of being unusable with GTX 770 (YT freezes after a few seconds).
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7 minutes ago, Dixel said:
That ID serves several purposes, the first one is tracking and helping police to investigate and build a case against you,
As i understand it, there's a secondary purpose -- it's also used as encryption key. BTW, you got me doubting the whole passwords/cookies thing worked, so triple-checked -- just moved the folder to a different box, and everything works -- exactly where i left off, logged into all the sites i was logged into. I doubt Thorium is doing anything other Chromium forks don't, but could you try & see if it works for you?
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4 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
rambling
Not only that, but OT. I'm easily led astray, guilty :'(
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10 minutes ago, Dixel said:
OS and username are the same or similar?
Completely dissimilar -- moved from XP running on x58 to 7 on 8th gen B chipset. Also tried on the same (multiboot) box, from XP to 11. Odd.
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10 minutes ago, Dixel said:Wouldn't --disable-machine-id take care of that? Assumed that's what the flag was for.
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3 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
file systems on your drives?
Just checked, turns out the USB stick was exFAT.
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Just now, AstroSkipper said:
Both use flash memory chips.
You're right, but when you hear "flash drive," think "USB stick," "USB flash drive," "thumb drive," etc.
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5 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
flash drives
Both are *solid state drives.
Oxford DictionaryGoogle tells me
5 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:USB stick? FAT32? And on your SSD? NTFS?
Could be it, though i think both were NTFS.
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14 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
I copied the browser with this flag to another PC, Cookie became invalid,
For me, all the tabs opened & i was logged into the sites logged into when i saved the folder. Are you running the browser off a flash drive, by any chance? When i tried that (running off a flash drive, instead of copying the folder to the SSD), the browser simply opened to a new tab (instead of opening all the tabs that were opened when the folder was saved). Tried several times, same result, not sure why.
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24 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
my few passwords encrypted inside Thorium
There's no reason to use the flag, unless you need Thorium to be fully portable, By "portable," i mean a browser that could be moved to another machine without losing passwords/cookies/etc.
EDIT: too early in the morning to think, edited. Sorry.
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49 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
concrete statement on the Chrome flag --disable-encryption
Just guessing here, so take it for what it's worth, but sounds like *all portable browser launchers* must disable encryption, if a machine-specific key is involved. Different machine = different machine-specific key.
P.S. i know the Magic 8-ball is talking about a different browser, assuming all are basically the same.
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24 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
telling it simply makes no sense since it's already publicly known
Wasn't trying to inform, simply to put "--disable-encryption ... is unsecure" in due perspective.
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8 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
you still don't know that?
For example DAVE, our respected moderator, uses XP on his daily basis, I use Vista.
So do i, daily, which says nothing about "XP is insecure and not recommended." being factually incorrect. Apologies if feelings were hurt.
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6 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
unsecure and not recommended.
XP is insecure and not recommended. If not this batch file (Thorium portable), what where you talking about?
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3 hours ago, Dixel said:
We have no way of telling/knowing what portable loaders you used to achieve that
Unless you're suggesting that all this is an elaborate ruse, all you need do is watch the vid or ask me. The only loader i'm using is the batch file included with Thorium, the one I'm clicking in the screencap (THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat). It simply starts Thorium with the following flags, thusly: START "" "thorium.exe" --user-data-dir="%~dp0%\USER_DATA" --allow-outdated-plugins --disable-breakpad --disable-encryption --disable-machine-id.
3 hours ago, Dixel said:we have no way of proving/disproving it works or doesn't work in your case,
As suggested in my previous posts, you have a trivially simple way to verify it works in *your* case:
1. Run THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat & close Thorium, taking note of installed extensions, configuration, and open tabs
2. Delete the Thorium key i delete in the screencap vid
3. Run THORIUM_PORTABLE.bat
4. Observe the key mysteriously restored to the registry & thorium open to its last state.
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Posted · Edited by 66cats
I've mentioned before that this only happens on this box (980x/gtx770), no AV1 issues on 4770k/gtx980ti (different box).
Get an x58 mobo with a 980x and gtx770. Kidding, but what else can i say? The issue is specific to this HW combination, and is consistently replicable on this machine,
A different issue (nothing to do with AV1 decoding). Hasn't happened since i posted that screenshot, couldn't reproduce it myself. Feel free to disregard.
Edit [long & OT] re. why you had trouble finding AV1 on YT: Wanted to post a screen recording of me opening an AV1 video in YT & it freezing. Recorded, wanted a better take, started recording again & ...it doesn't freeze! Refreshed the page, plays normal. Click on "stats for nerds" & sure enough, been transcoded to VP9. Tried searching YT for "av1 sample video," plenty of hits, each one played without a hitch because ...yeah, all have been transcoded to VP9. Everything on YT becomes VP9, eventually. Elsewhere in the intertubes, found https://test-videos.co.uk/vids/sintel/mp4/av1/1080/Sintel_1080_10s_1MB.mp4. And, of course, it freezes.